World History (5/6) Do Now: Read the

short primary source.

What are two effects of poison gas?

How might this have impacted soldiers fighting in WWI?

Militarism-one of the MAIN causes Watch the short

video on WWI military technology

Record at least THREE examples of new technology

How might this impact the way the war was fought?

WWI-alliances Allied powers

Great Britain France Russia Italy (backed out of early alliance w/Germany;

hoping for territorial gains) U.S.A (joins in 1917)

Central powers Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire

How do you get people to back the war effort? Use of propaganda-

biased or misleading information used to promote a particular cause

From the latin propagare meaning “young shoots”

What did this look like? Sound like?

How is this song an example of propaganda? Over There Locate three

examples of propaganda in the song

How does the song attempt to influence people’s attitudes/actions regarding WWI?

How about this example? What do the images mean?

Literal vs. symbolic meaning What does the text mean? How does the picture attempt to

influence people’s attitudes/actions regarding WWI?